Tagged Again!

So, I have been blog tagged again, but this one is a little different so hopefully I don't tell you the same things that I told you in the last one. And just for the record, I like being thought of, I don't mind being blog tagged one bit!

5 things I was doing 10 years ago......

1) playing punching bag to the love of my life :) (I know I have mentioned this before, but I love that Dave and I met playing dodgeball)
2) trying to perfect the art of make-up wearing- us girls were allowed to start wearing make-up when we were 13. I think I am further from perfecting that art now than I was then.
3) preparing to get my braces off after almost three years!!
4) learning to play volleyball, and realizing I was pretty good at it. I was the only 13 year old on a 16 year old club team.
5) waiting for others to GROW! I was my full grown 6 foot self at 13...

5 things on my to do list today......

1) straigten up my apartment
2) make some cookies (we will see about this one...)
3) take some pregnancy pictures and put them on a new blog (this is my biggest goal for the day)
4) update the ward directory
5) Learn the Farnsworths some there Bocce Ball (this is a shout out for MidCityGal)

5 songs I know the lyrics to.....

Before I even start this one, I have to tell you that I am REALLY bad at stuff like this. I think I know EVERY word to EVERY primary song, but other than that, I only know the chorus to a few songs. So, I am going to try really hard to do this one.

1) ALL of the Les Miserables music
2) ANY song in Beauty and the Beast and all the words for that matter. My now 18 year old brother would watch this movie and ONLY this movie time and time and time again when he was little. I didn't even WATCH it that much, but believe you me, I STILL know every word 15 years later.
3) This is sad, but that TubThumper Song, or whatever the name of it is (the one that goes, "I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down" a million times over) Sad, I know!
4) Barbie Girl by Aqua - another stellar one
5) Come What May from Moulin Rouge - this is my FAVORITE on my list. My husband and I sang it at our rehearsal dinner before we got married.

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire.....

1) Take a trip to Australia
2) SAVE IT and INVEST WISELY! Okay, okay, fun things....
3) Go to the best renowned orthopedic knee specialist and have the best possible surgery with the latest and greatest techniques.
4) Buy all brand new things for baby Carson (including a car to fit our growing family a little better)
5) Give it to my parents

5 things I'll never wear again......

1) Leggings with a short shirt (good one Jenn)
2) Nylons if I can help it (I don't mind knee highs, or even thigh highs - which on me are knee highs anyway.)
3) Anything even CLOSE to the glasses I wore through grade school.
4) Big thick bangs - the kind that start half way back your head
5) Fingernail polish (although I do love it on my toes)
6) Braces
7) A corsette
8) Big Bows
9) My volleyball and basketball uniforms - sad
10) High Tops
oh just 5 things... whoops!

5 favorite toys.......

1) My handsome husband
2) My cell phone
3) The baby stuff I just got
4) Kitchen utensils
5) My volleyball

5 lucky people who get to do this next...... ( If you want)

1) Joanna
2) Ambo
3) Melarie
4) MidCityGal
5) NATE & JULIE!!!

Genetics

Now that Dave and I know that we are having a little man... I have been driving myself crazy wondering what said little man is going to look like. This kid could have any combination of features, let me explain...
Dave comes from a family where no two people really look alike. His parents have blue eyes and brown eyes, and are both short. His siblings all look TOTALLY different to me... some have BLACK hair and brown eyes, and some have blonde hair and blue eyes. Facial shapes and features are all different, except I think some of them have the same mouth. You know that if you were to mix a few families up really good and have a stranger place them all in the right household, they could get it mostly right. NOT DAVE'S FAMILY. Because there are 7 kids in his family, I can see how a couple of them kind of fit together, but any stranger would have a really hard time playing the matching game.
My family all looks alike except me! I have posted a few pictures for you so you can see what I am talking about. They ALL have DARK skin, and REALLY DARK hair. Most of my family has blue eyes, and a few have a mish-mash. Somehow, I popped out with BLONDE hair, and GREEN eyes. Here let me show you...







Yes, my hair is highlighted in this picture, but NOT MUCH.

The other thing I think that keeps me wondering the most, is how tall our children will be. Dave is 6'3'' but his parents are 5'6'' and 5'8''. He is BY FAR the tallest in his family. My family either has TALL people or SHORT people. My dad's line is really short, and although this picture doesn't show it, I am actually just barely taller than he is. My mom at her tallest was about 5'10'' which is definitely tall. She comes from a tall line, but I am still much taller than most of my cousins (boys and girls included). So, with three of the four lines feeding into Dave and I being short, what do you think is going to happen?

I am curious as to what you think baby Crockett will look like... this will definitely be a post that I will want to refer back to in a couple of years to see who was closest :)

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

It's a BOY!!! Dave and I couldn't be any more excited. When we went to the Doctor yesterday, little mister couldn't have been exposing himself anymore than he already was! That was the FIRST thing that we saw. The Doctor kind of chuckled and said, "sometimes it's hard to tell because their little "appendage" is small and doesn't poke out much, but your baby is WELL ENDOWED!" I layed there on the table embarrassed, but Dave was absolutely BEAMING! We wanted a boy first, and because of this fact, we had both prepared ourselves to hear "it's a girl", but we were wrong, and I was actually suprised. We are ecsatic! I will definitely keep you updated, and try to get some pictures up soon. The ultrasound pictures are really fuzzy, so I am not even going to try...

p.s. Blue is to celebrate our little man!
p.p.s. Most of you were correct in guessing boy... the voting results showed that 12 thought boy and 4 thought girl.

Oh Boy!! Or girl?!

Folks, Dave and I find out tomorrow what we are having!! I don't think I have been this excited in quite some time! Our Dr. appointment is at 4:30 and we were told to bring a tape so the doctor could record the ultrasound for us. I told Dave he was in charge of remembering to do that. He is SO cute about it; he had a nightmare a couple of weeks ago wherein he forgot to bring a tape... I thought it was adorable that it is so important to him. Hopefully this baby cooperates! If it's anything like Dave; it will be most helpful and obedient by giving us a good clear view of what it is. If it's anything like me, it will wave at the camera and then laugh itself silly after it pulls the cord to cover everything, and crosses it's legs just to be a stinker. We will keep you updated! I am sure most of my faithful blog readers (me, me, my sisters, my mom... sometimes.... me, me and me) will find out before I post about it, but for certain I will let EVERYONE know!

I have lived....

.... in A LOT of different places. I wasn't planning on posting a blog today, but I was looking at my sisters and she had all the places she had lived, and all in order. The way she posted made it seem like she has lived in a gazillion places, and while I have lived in seven different states, I have moved WAY more than 7 times and feel the desire to re-live every time I can remember packing up and moving out... here it goes:

1) Roanoke, Virginia (depending on that whole... when does a fetus really "have life" debate, I might or might not have lived here so this one doesn't really count)

2) Victoria, Texas - I was born here and we moved when I was 2.

3) Sebastapol, California - Here from 2-4 and this is where my precious little Katie sister was born.

4) Dillon, Montana RENTAL HOUSE - Here for less than a year... but I didn't turn 5 in this house :) Also, my chubby little brudda was born here.

5) Dillon, Montana OUR HOUSE - Here from 5-8. Handsome Ben was born here.

6) Vancouver, Washington - Here from 8-12. I remember our first night in the house was Halloween... I went as a hobo and I think it was rather fitting at that moment in time.

7) Boise, Idaho RENTAL HOUSE - Here from 12 - 13. NOT my favoriet house... but I made some great friends at the school in the district we were in.

8) Boise, Idaho OUR HOUSE - Here from 14- 18. This was BY FAR my favorite house to live in... I don't think I could say enough about this place. It was a HOME.

9) Provo, Utah - 18 years old. This was my freshman year of college in the Heritage Halls dorms.

10) Boise, Idaho - Back to my favorite home for the summer.

11) Provo, Utah - 19 years old and my sophomore year of college. I lived in the ghetto called Alpine Court.

12) Boise, Idaho - DIFFERENT RENTAL HOUSE for the summer. My family had to move out of our "home". This was a particularly rough summer for me, so I spent a lot of my time with my grandparents as well.

13) Provo, Utah - 20 years old living in Hampstead Condos... I loved living in Hampstead.

14) San Rafael, California - I lived with my sister for the summer. I really enjoyed being there, and now I know a lot of great places to go in San Fransisco, but I would NOT want to live there.

15) Provo, Utah - 21 years old and living in Casa Dea. I dated my hubby for the whole year while living here.

16) Boise, Idaho - Dave and I got married in Boise on May 5th, 2006 and we stayed in my bosses little missionary apartment above their garage (it was actually REALLY nice) for that summer.

17) Provo, Utah - 22-current. We now live in Wymount Apartments and have for about a year now. I know it probably sounds strange to hear this, but it is nice to actually settle down for a while (considering we have been her for one year). I got tired of moving every 8 and 4 months. We will be here for another two years.... and will move then. It will have been three years in Wymount, and then off again; I wonder if we will end up moving as much as my parents......

So there you have it, 17 moves, and 6.5 states (that Virginia thing is still debatable.)

Tagged

I was "tagged" a long time ago by my friend Jessica Davis, and have been terrible about posting 7 things about myself. The reason for the delay was because I wanted to use some of the pictures that Dave and I have on our digital camera that we have not uploaded to our computer yet. I decided to quit slacking and do it anyway.

1) Every time we have to dress up for anything, my husband tries to match what I am wearing. He usually does this with his ties, but when it isn't a church event, he will match me with a colored shirt as well. I think it is adorable that he does this.

2) When I was in second grade, I once climbed to the very top of the bathroom stall and peered over into the stall next to me. There sat one of my classmates and it rather startled me. Now, I don't know why I was suprised to find someone in the stall next to me even though I knew it was the bathroom... I guess that is the logic of a 7 year old. I quickly hopped back down from the ceiling of the bathroom (I don't know how I got up there), and left as soon as possible. I was mortified that this girl was going to tell on me and that I would be in big trouble with the principle. I spent the next YEAR worrying about this. My fears of getting in trouble didn't go away until we MOVED STATES. She probably couldn't even remember the situation, and I thought for sure my elementary academic life was over. This is the deepest and longest I think I have truly worried about anything.

3) I have really terrible eyes. People try to tell me ALL THE TIME that they have worse eyes than I do, but I just sit back and smile knowing that their chances of having worse eyes than I do are one in a billion. For those of you that understand prescriptions.... mine is 20/1250. For those of you that don't, I will explain. 20/20 vision means that what your eyes see at 20 feet away, perfect eyes see the same. What my prescription means is that what perfect eyes see at 1,250 feet away, I see it the same at 20 feet away. I don't mind having bad eyes I guess, its not fun or anything, but it is bearable. I just have to wear contacts or glasses at ALL times except when I close my eyes to go to sleep. And just for the record... I do know of a few people (under the age of 60) with worse eyes :)

4) I used to play volleyball in high school, and on competitive club teams during the high school off season. I have been thinking about this lately because volleyball has come up in a few conversations, and I used it in my Relief Society lesson this last Sunday. I am ok telling you what I am going to tell you because I CAN'T PLAY AT ALL ANYMORE, so you don't have to believe me either. BUT.... I was the All-State MVP for largest high schools in Idaho in 2001. We also won the state tournament that year. I remember telling my mom after the final game had been played that I felt that I would never play competitive volleyball again. As it turned out, I had a sports ending surgery the following year while at BYU. It has been hard giving up something that I love, but I feel like I have learned something greater instead.

5) I am afraid of the "mother bear" inside of me. While growing up when my siblings and I would bicker and fight amongst ourselves, I would be right in the middle of it, and could be a naughty girl. However, if ANYONE else picked on ANYONE in our family, I would get ferociously protective. I fear that when I have precious little children of my own and anyone else even thinks a bad thought, I might come unglued. Now don't get me wrong, I DO want to be protective, I DON'T want to be "psycho crazy bully mom."

6) I have always wanted a black eye. I suppose I don't REALLY feel this way anymore, but for the longest time I thought it would be so cool to have a black eye. I didn't necessarily want to EARN a black eye, I just wanted it to appear one day :). I once had a volleyball accidently drop kicked in my face... the ball was drop kicked on purpose, but I wasn't hit on purpose. I came out of that without a scratch or even a bloody nose.

I think the is such a cute kid, and I feel really bad for him, but all the other pictures were kind of greusome. Something else about me too is, I would love a red-headed child. Chances of that are almost non-existent, but I still want one :)

7) My dad once asked me if I HAD to marry one person from high school, who it would be? I didn't have to think long about this, so I answered, "David Crockett.... but that will never happen, if I HAD to, I would marry him, but I don't think I would WANT to marry ANYONE from high school." That was before I really knew who my husband was. I knew he was a good guy then, but I didn't know just had deep in ran. I have never felt and still feel more lucky about anything in my life than my wonderful husband. It's a good thing Heavenly Father knows better than I do...

Ok... so now that I have done this, I will tag all the friends on my friend list... that number is supposed to be 7, but I don't have that many friends. So friends, Jenn, Joanna, Jillian, and Gina, "tag, you're it!"

Worshipping the Porcelain Goddess

Help me please! This pregnancy thing has been hard and I can't seem to figure a few things out. I was deathly ill for the first 14 weeks of my pregnancy, and thought I was out of the woods at that point. Starting 14 weeks, I was feeling like I was on top of the world, I didn't throw up and I could do whatever I wanted (it's sad when your home gets to the point that all you WANT to do is clean it). So, thinking everything was downhill from there, you can imagine what an unpleasant suprise when I started throwing up again. I didn't really have any problems until this last week wherein I have thrown up three different days?! Do any of you know why, or what I can do to stop this?

"It"

I just wanted to post a quick note to say that my doctor told me at our last visit, that Dave and I can find out the gender of our baby at the next visit. That will be August 21st, and I can't wait! At that point we will either have a little girl, or a little boy, no longer an it. I have decided for the time being to call the baby Taylor. It's one of those names that isn't gender specific. Or maybe Jordan; I think I might like that name better. I promise to post again soon... with pictures, but I did want to updated you all on the baby.

Melanie 101

So I wrote the title of this blog as though it was some sort of course, but then laughed when I realized that fits even better than that. Everyone seems to have an FYI post in their blogs just letting you know a little bit about them. I really like the idea, and love reading everyone elses, so I decided to do the same thing with a 101 things you might or might not know about me. So here it is:

1. I have the longest tongue in the world. AND I can swallow it.
2. Even if I had the world's BEST body, I don't think I would feel comfortable in a bikini.
3. I loooove vegetables. I will take a good cucumber over my favorite candy bar ANY day.
4. I am the queen of the wild frontier and am proud of it! I don't know any other Mrs. Davy Crocketts out there.
5. I am great at playing mind games with myself. My parents have always told me I have a strong will, but I never really understood what they meant until recently. When I say I play mind games, I mean that I can control my brain to almost a frightening extent. I am my own best psychologist.
6. I am the second oldest of five children. Three girls and two boys... in that order.
7. When I got married, I was gifted 15 nieces and nephews.
8. I am pregnant, and much less neurotic than I thought I would be about it.
9. My dad had polio and it still makes me laugh when people ask me what is wrong with my dad.... I always forget what they are talking about. I love my dad.
10. Although I like vegetables, I would NEVER choose to eat zuchinni, although, if it was given to me, I would not refuse it.
11. I HATE throwing up.
12. I have had seven knee surgeries... and counting.
13. I am content to sit in the middle of a busy room and not say a word to anybody, but when I am in a small group, I feel the need to talk to everyone.
14. I get tired of my weaknesses; I just want to be a good person.
15. I don't feel loved by just one person in the entire world, and I really don't like the way it feels.
16. I would MUCH rather write with a pencil than a pen.
17. I like to write, but not for anyone else.
18. I prefer dogs to cats, but my husband doesn't. Neither one of us feels passionate about getting animals though... if we do I guess it will be a fish.
19. I LOVE shirt shopping and HATE pant shopping.
20. I have a 36 inch inseam... thus the bad feelings about pant shopping.
21. I know that I view myself as bigger and fatter than I really am.... but I am ok with it.
22. I am an adrenaline junkie.
23. I don't really care what others think.... but don't ask me to sing in church; it almost kills me every time.
24. I really LOVE my life.
25. I have a very dynamic family.
26. I don't really like plain chocolate.
27. I am taller than the average man, and even though everyone has a different opinion about what that height is, it doesn't matter because I am taller than all of it.
28. I LOVE being tall. I can't say enough about it... I LOVE being tall.
29. My first boyfriend was a drug-addict, and still is to this day... what was I thinking!
30. I broke up with my first boyfriend because a) I was 14 b) I had no idea what I was doing and c) I found out he got drunk. (I didn't find out he was on drugs till later).
31. Being the best you can be is SO worth it.
32. I love to brush my teeth, and not just for a couple of minutes, I can go for a good hour... just as my fam.
33. I got attacked by a dog when I was 7.
34. I have had lots of stitches for various reasons.
35. I LOVE the summer. I know each season has its up-side, but I would love if it was blazing hot year round.
36. I really like playing any sports any time anywhere.
37. I graduated college in Athletic Training. It really is my passion.
38. Nothing gets me more nervous than watching my siblings play sports.
39. I play the piano and am so grateful my mom made me when I was little.
40. I have a knack for intimidating people. I never mean to, but it happens.
41. Even though I intimidate a lot of people; I have been bullied.
42. I like to shoot guns.
43. I don't care what is in them.... I really like hot dogs.
44. Dave and I want to have as many kids as possible and still be good parents to each one.
45. I can never stay awake watching a movie late at night... even if it's at the theaters.
46. It's important to me to do a good job at whatever I am doing... doesn't matter what it is.
47. I care more than I let on. I don't do this on purpose; it's just the way I am.
48. I can't hide ANYTHING. I wear everything on my sleeve.
49. I have had dogs named: Dusty, Mona, and Megan (we had another one I was afraid of, but I can't remember it's name. I was too little.
50. I have seen the placenta of a guinea pig. It was gross and I thought for sure it was something terrible, and that the mom guniea pig was dying.
51. I have lived in Texas, California, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Utah.
52. Someday Dave and I REALLY want to go to Australia.
53. I get embarrassed when I am "overly" complimented.
54. I get frustrated when I am used, or taken for granted.
55. I am working on not getting frusted when #54 happens.
56. I LOVE to sing. And so does my hubby; I am one lucky girl.
57. I LOVE the water. Any water, any time, anywhere.
58. I was the ugliest little kid, but I didn't know it :)
59. I am happy with the person I have become, but still want to be better.
60. Don't worry, I don't think I am ugly anymore.
61. I sleep TERRIBLY when camping.
62. I can't remember the last time I missed all three hours of church. It's my goal to never miss unless I will be endangering someone else.
63. I have been sick A LOT in my life. I don't like feeling yucky, but I sure enjoyed the bonding that happened when someone was taking care of me. I still remember cuddling on the couch with my dad when I was a little girl while we watched Scrooge, and I threw up in the bowl he was holding for me. I also remember how nothing could soothe me so well as my mom stroking my hair, and tucking it behind my ears as I lay there.
64. I ADORE my brothers. I don't know what it is, but I have an abnormally huge soft spot in my heart for each of them. I always LOVE whenever my mom updates me on how they are doing.
65. I have never driven a boat, and don't think I ever want to.
66. I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE spiders. I would rather run into a snake, cockroach, earwig, insect of any sort.... I just HATE spiders.
67. If I could only smell or see a flower... I would rather smell it.
68. I know I am smart, but for whatever reason, I would never say that out loud. I am just content knowing I can do whatever is required of me or my brain.
69. If I had to eat out all day long, I would eat breakfast at IHOP, lunch at Olive Garden, snack at Jamba Juice, and dinner at the Grand Chinese Buffet in Orem.
70. I put on 30 pounds once and didn't even know it.
71. I took off that 30 pounds and didn't really know that either :)
72. Even though I can't ever remember dates and some detail, I LOVE church history.
73. I never thought being pregnant would be this hard. I have been so miserably sick that I don't even like salad anymore.
74. Someday I want to travel.
75. I LOVE sushi!!!!!
76. I don't mind blood, poop, vomit, you name it... I just can't handle snot. Nothing makes me want to toss my cookies more...
77. I am on a gratitude kick lately; it is such an important principle.
78. I like to donate blood. It's kind of hard for me so I always feel really good when I have done it.
79. I know I have talked a lot about Dave, but I married the best person in the world. He is a self-made saint. I am so lucky.
80. I can't stand being in the dark. I always open every window, every chance I get.
81. If Dave and I ever get to build our own house, I want a really big kitchen, a really big tub, and a really big shower with lots of shower heads.
82. I really like kitchen utensils. I have no idea where this came from, but I could stay for hours in kitchen aisles at the store.
83. I have terrible eyes. They are so bad I can only wear hard contacts.
84. I really like sticky things like duct tape, and stickers.
85. I love having green eyes. I wouldn't mind having green eyed babies, but I would like a brown eyes baby in there too please.
86. I have the smallest fingers out of my sisters which, is strange because I am by far the biggest.
87. I have an overwhelming sense of justice.
88. I would rather button my pants than zip them.
89. I don't ever have a favorite color. I always hated this question as a child because I really like all the colors.
90. I love to organize things.
91. I don't like spending money. I have always been a saver.
92. I saw a frog get run over by a truck once, but after about 5 minutes, it re-inflated, and hopped away. TRUE story.
93. I have Raynaud's Syndrome; nobody knows what that is. I have a hypersensitivity to cold. When I get that way, my exremities lose blood and turn chalk white, and it HURTS.
94. I like to sneeze.... it tickles :)
95. I can't ever see myself having any kind of cosmetic surgery.
96. I got my little sister to eat a slug once.... I still don't think I have paid her for it; whoops!
97. People either tell me that I look exactly like my older sister ( we have been asked if we are twins a couple of times ) or nothing at all; not even in the same family. We always laugh when we hear either one.
98. I am the only blonde haired green eyed, fair skinned member of my family. The rest have dark dark hair, mostly blue eyes, and olive skin.
99. I always feel really bad after I have done something wrong. I am also quick to apologize.
100. I really want to be a good mother; it's so important to me that my kids make good decisions.
101. I have enjoyed my stay here in Utah, but I CAN'T WAIT to move away.

Unisom!

I have felt so terribly lately. I am pregnant, and I DID NOT think it would be this bad. I have thrown up quite a bit, so losing weight isn't all terrible... unless there is something inside of you relying on you to feed it well! At about 7 weeks I couldn't keep anything down, so finally at 11 weeks, I tried what my Dr. recommended at my first appointment... Unisom. I was so hesitant to take a sleeping pill because I have to work and didn't want to be drowsy. Well this little pill has been a miracle. I wish I wouldn't have waited so long to start taking it. I still don't feel peachy, but I can at least hold my food a little better. I have been on Unisom for 6 days and have only thrown up one day (today in fact). I have so appreciated the little bit of comfort and help it offers. And don't forget; it is a sleeping pill, so I have been snoozing well each night. I am sure I am the last to figure this special secret out, but for anyone else whom this might apply to, you should definitely try it.